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In RAC, the passenger is allowed to travel and two passengers share the same berth.
IRCTC or Indian
Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, the e-ticketing arm of the Indian Railways, enables the passengers to book train tickets online
through its website or mobile app
Passengers booking tickets are assigned a specific status, such as confirmed (full berth), waiting or wait-listed (WL) and RAC (Reservation
Once all available seats on a train are sold, the Indian Railways releases RACs for railway reservations
When all of the RAC seats are sold, waiting list tickets are released
Here are 10 things to know about IRCTC's RAC and waitlisted ticket bookings:If the passenger status is marked as WL
Ticket cancellations by other passengers can increase the chances of confirmation of an RAC or waiting list ticket
RAC/WL ticket holders are also likely to get available seats in different quotas if they remain unused.In RAC (Reservation Against
Cancellation), the passenger is allowed to travel and two passengers share the same berth.If a confirmed passenger does not board the train,
a full berth is allotted to the passenger with RAC ticket, according to IRCTC.In case of waitlisted ticket, there are two numbers mentioned
The numbers detail the position at which a passenger joins the waitlist and the current position in the list
actually bought the ticket online he/she moved to position 2
The position may have varied from WL5 to WL2 either due to a cancellation or due to someone not making a final booking
cancel RAC online ticket up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the train
No refund is permissible after that, said IRCTC.In case of online RAC ticket, if the reservation charts have been prepared, online TDR
(Ticket Deposit Receipt) is required to be filed for obtaining refund.Names of the passengers who are left out fully (all the passengers in
the transaction) on waiting list after chart preparation, their names are dropped and do not appear in charts
They are not allowed to board the train, according to IRCTC's website.The cancellation of waiting list passengers are done by IRCTC after
chart preparation and refund is credited to customer's account electronically.Get Breaking news, live coverage, and Latest News from India
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